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Worst Anti-View: Up Against A Wall In Baltimore

HotelChatter — 2011-12-29T15:25:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/hotelmonacobmore_aview.jpg" class="top">It's what you've been waiting all year for--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotelchatter 2011 awards">The 2011 HotelChatter Awards</a>! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/29/85716/641/hotels/Worst_Anti_View_Up_Against_A_Wall_In_Baltimore#postform">Air your thoughts in the comments below</a>. We're not sure about you, but the first thing we always do when checking into a new hotel room is head for the window, throw open the curtains and take in the view. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/15/10284/4077/hotels/Day+or+Night%2C+The+View+from+Public+is+Killer">City views</a>. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/21/8416/2208/hotels/The_Water_Club_s_Rooftop_Jacuzzi_Got_Us_Up_At_6am_On_A_Sunday">Sunrise views</a>. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/6/5182/18344/hotels/When+a+View+is+This+Good%2C+Who+Cares+About+a+Crappy+Room%3F">Views of the country</a>. It really doesn't matter as long as we're high enough up that cars below turn into little dots on the ground. And then sometimes, you get stuck with

Four Seasons Baltimore to Open on November 14 (And Without Seattle's Guest Rooms)

juliana — 2011-11-08T17:05:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseasonsbaltimoresuite.jpg" class="top"> When we last checked in with the upcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Baltimore/local/4907">Four Seasons Baltimore</a>, we saw that their website was using stock photos of the guest rooms at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/26/124657/543/hotels/The_Four_Seasons_Seattle_Has_Apparently_Been_Transplanted_to_Baltimore">Four Seasons Seattle</a>. Yet with the hotel just one week away from opening, we are relieved to see that their guest rooms are all theirs. Above is a Four Seasons Executive Suite with a harbor view. It sure is pretty with its floor to ceiling windows, sofabed, deep-soaking bathtub, two 40" flat screen LCDs (with another in the bathroom) and get this, a universal phone charger. Hallelujah. We hope more hotels start adding these to their amenities soon.We couldn't actually make a rezzie online for opening day on November

The Four Seasons Seattle Has Apparently Been Transplanted to Baltimore

juliana — 2011-08-26T15:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fourseaonsfakery.jpg" class="top"> Yesterday, we commented on the guestrooms at the upcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/25/13616/7610/hotels/Four_Seasons_Baltimore_Opening_November_20_at_359_a_Night">Four Seasons Baltimore</a> by saying they looked "decidedly Four Seasons" meaning they look pretty darn similar to other Four Seasons hotels. But we were still shocked when a tipster pointed out that the room photo is ripped off from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/FOUR+SEASONS+SEATTLE/local/1531">Four Seasons Seattle's</a> <a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/seattle/guest_rooms_and_suites/partial_bay_view_room/">website</a>!So you can see for yourselves, we put the room shots together above. The room photo on the bottom is the Four Season Seattle's <a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/seattle/guest_rooms_and_suites/partial_bay_view_room/">partial bay view room</a> while the one on the top is the Four Seasons Baltimore's generic room shot. Thanks to the trickery of photoshop, the view has been swapped out to show Baltimore's city streets and not

Four Seasons Baltimore Opening November 20 at $359 a Night

juliana — 2011-08-25T14:27:54-05:00

Looks like we owe you guys some money! Back in December we bet the forthcoming Four Seasons Baltimore would probably open in early 2012 instead of late 2011 but guess what? The hotel is now accepting reservations for November 20...2011.

A city view room is going for $359 a night while the marina view rooms are slightly more at $399 a night. All rooms include complimentary coffee, tea and pastries in the lobby from 5:30 am to 8:00am as well as fresh fruit at check-in and bottled water if you valet your car.

Down in The 'Dungeon' at the Hotel Monaco Baltimore

juliana — 2011-04-08T11:45:48-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelmonacobmore_aview.jpg" class="top">Ah...such a bummer. We love our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/kimpton hotels">Kimpton Hotels</a> for their complimentary